Criminal Organizations

Organized Crime Drug Cartels Impact on Communities Narcotrafficking Gang Activity Human Trafficking Drug Trafficking Terrorism Drug Trade Impact of Crime on Society

Federal Police Launch 'Operation Extinction Zero' Targeting Transnational Wildlife‑Trafficking Ring

The crackdown follows a 2024 seizure in Togo that revealed exports of endangered Brazilian species using falsified CITES papers.

Federal Police Arrest Alleged Financial Operator Linked to 'Careca do INSS'

Federal Police Raid BMP in Probe of R$25 Billion Money-Laundering Scheme

Peru Intercepts High-Speed Narco-Boat Carrying 2.4 Tonnes of Cocaine Near 200-Mile Limit

Mexico City Prosecutors Re-Arrest ‘El Niño de la Unión’ for Noncompliance With Court-Imposed Measures

Operation OTC Targets Alleged R$30 Million Farmácia Popular Reimbursement Fraud

Uruguay Foils Montevideo Tunnel Plot to Rob Bank, 10 Detained

Spanish Police Dismantle Indoor Cannabis Grow Operations in Madrid–Toledo Network and Alicante

Spain Arrests 34 in Europol-Backed Takedown of Black Axe Cell

Peru Seizes Six Properties Linked to Suspected Drug Money Laundering in the VRAEM

Hamburg Raids Seize Tonnes of Banned Diet Products, 41-Year-Old Suspect Arrested

Madrid Police Dismantle Cyber-Fraud Rings With 28 Arrests in November–December Sweep

Ceará Police Uncover Underground Aquiraz Bunker Holding One Tonne of Drugs and Arms

13 Inmates Found Dead After Explosion Reported Outside Ecuador’s Machala Prison

Dueling Accounts of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s Capture Sharpen With Newly Public U.S. Plea

Guardia Civil Dismantles Cross-Strait Drone Ring, Arrests Nine in Cádiz

Operación Casino Rumencó Nets Two Arrests and Major Seizures in Mar del Plata

Four Arrested as Portugal Intercepts Semi-Submersible Near Azores With Over 1.7 Tonnes of Cocaine

Liverpool Ticket Office Staff Accused of Multi-Year Touting Conspiracy as Trial Opens

Argentina Dismantles 'Dictadores' Cybercrime Ring With 11 Arrested